Greta’s room is packing a lot of neutrals (or was)–but the art opposite the butterfly wall will hopefully balance that with lots of little punches of color. And then there is the closet color that you all voted on, which is currently leaning toward a bold pink–a nice big splash of color that will coordinate so well with the first piece “art” on Greta’s wall.

Greta was blessed in our church wearing this little, white, vintage onesie when she was just a few weeks old. I found it again a few weeks ago while I was attempting to sort through all of her old clothes and clear some space out and I thought, “Ahh! Frameable! For her room!!” There might have been some tears mixed in there. Moving on.

The next day I gathered some supplies for the project. I have seen a lot of framed clothing pinned in place, but I really wanted to use a gold hanger to coordinate with other art we’re using–plus, cute! I ended up just using plastic hanger from Greta’s closet and some gold spray paint from Michaels. I also got 3/4 yard of bright pink, cheap fabric and a 16×20 shadow box from Hobby Lobby that was on clearance for $16.99.

The back of the box had, like, 15 screws (!!) that I unscrewed so I could “reupholster” the gray with a bright, bold pink.

I was fully expecting to take out the gray fabric and just place the pink fabric in (maybe staple it on the back?) but the gray fabric was glued on the the backing so I rolled with it. I just lightly sprayed the gray fabric with adhesive and smoothed the pink right over top.

While spray-painting the hanger, I also painted a little finishing nail gold and hammered it in place. It’s a good idea to put a thick piece of fabric or some sort of buffer over your freshly painted nail while hammering, so you don’t scratch off the paint. ;)

The finished product is something sentimental, girly, colorful and pretty cute. Greta loves pointing to it and saying, “Little baby goes to church!” I don’t quite know if she understands she was that little baby, but she will one day.

Hahaha. Yes! Many are. In fact, when we were looking for Greta’s, that’s what we had in mind–and then we found this little vintage onesie and fell in love with its simplicity so we went with it. Luckily now, it fits in this box! Hahaha

Too cute! My grandma had a baby quilt framed with her’s and her 3 daughters’ baptism dresses all framed together. Large but beautiful. They included a picture of the girls in the dresses too, just a thought for more sentimental value!

Anonymous

Did the fabric smooth out completely? I tried this and the fabric had some air bubbles under it in places. I noticed in one f your pictures you had some too but then didn’t see it in the next. Did the dress just cover any imperfections in the fabric or were you abe to smooth it out somehow? If so how?

The photo with the spray adhesive was taken prior to adhering the fabric to the board–so what you see is just the fabric laying on top. I found it smoothed out wonderfully with the adhesive. I rolled my fabric, sprayed the adhesive and then slowly unrolled the pink onto the backing, smoothing it with one hand as I went.

This is beyond adorable. I showed it to my wife and she immediately started running through old baby outfits to find the right one worth framing… which may mean our daughter’s entire 3-6 month wardrobe could end up on a gallery wall. Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous

Great idea! I have my son’s christening dress (handmade and hand smocked) and I think I’m going to frame it the way you did Greta’s. Thanks.However, I have to say that I have _always_ hung my clothes on hangers the way you have that one. That’s the way my mother hung my clothes. The other way looks wrong to me and I am always hanging them up wrong in the store. So leave it that way if you like it.Charlotte